A look into Jim Carrey’s relationships – including romance with Renée Zellweger

Carrey’s earliest known relationship was with singer Linda Ronstadt, who was 15 years his senior.

The couple was together for eight months in the 1980s The Mask actor was 21 and she was 37.

During a performance op The Howard Stern Show in 2020, Carrey opened up about several parts of his semi-autobiographical novel, Memoirs and misinformationincluding the first time he met Ronstadt at one of his stand-up shows.

“She came up and said, ‘Wow, you’re really good. Want to come out with me?’ And I said, ‘No, but I’m going out with you,'” he recalled. “I gave up a gig, which I needed. I had no money. She kind of screwed up her face and said, ‘Okay.'”

Carrey continued, “To someone looking in from the outside, it may have seemed like a boy’s toy situation, but she treated me with incredible respect. She loved and respected my talent.

He said his relationship with Ronstadt was “a wonderful eight months,” adding, “We both knew it wouldn’t be forever, but I have so much respect for her.” She’s just an incredible person.”